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Anyways, your favorite blog (but apparently not everyone's) posted a few excerpts from an interview with Weezy F that'll be front page news in Vibe's May issue. Daps. I'm always interested in what's going on in Wayne's mind. Here's a couple of 'em excerpts:
On his legacy:
I wanna be a Bob Marley. I wanna be a Tupac. Their lives mean so much. I wanna mean so much after I’m gone. Y’all still gotta do shows, tributes, dedicate 20 whole minutes to me on every show. I want that.Wayne on his love for making music:
I love the studio. It feels like going into a classroom, you know you didn’t study everything, the test gets in front of you, and you’re like Damn, I know all the answers. That’s how I feel when I get in the studio, like Damn, I know all the answers.Lil Wayne on wanting respect as an artist:
I still feel like I’m not being respected. I still feel like I don’t have the crown. I still feel like there’s something I have to do that hasn’t been done.
Wayne's right, and we know geniuses need love too, so hook the lil homie up. Despite all of his efforts, singles, mixtapes, features and Bad Ass Grasshoppers, Wayne still doens't get any love. It's like the rest of the industry is hoping that if they ignore him long enough he'll simply disappear, or get dropped (not like Joey Crack, I mean like pap pap).
Seriously, Wayne destroyed every rapper last year, but I don't hear him on the radio around these parts--not without Akon's broke voice whining a chorus. Weezy knows what's up, he's being ignored by a large portion of the market and he shouldn't be.
Even Eskay seems to think Curren$y flys higher than Wayne:
"Remember when Wayne kicked this kid out of Young Money because he was afraid somebody was gonna realize that he was better than him? That was fucked up. Nah, lemme stop, that’s (probably) not what happened."
You even listen to music dude? (probably not)
That being said, does anyone even know how many songs Wayne recorded last year? We know it's more than the 77 Vibe cataloged as the best, and fuck you thinking Fennessey, putting "We Takin' Over" in the top spot? I'm gonna have to come back with my own best of list; Whatever's Good, Weezy's Better 'The only songs your iPods need til C3.' It's time to set the records straight.
Back to business. Even though last year's strategy didn't reap the big rewards, awards, nor the crown for Wayne, it looks like 50 cent and the Goon-Unit are gonna take a page from the hip-hop king's diary anyway. Buildin' buzz. They've dropped one mixtape already (RIP Joe), have multiple discs slated for release in '08 and continue to build a solid fence around the blogosphere with all the posts their affiliates are front page posting over at thisis50. That still doesn't make their music any better, but here's the jam anyway. Newest single from the upcoming G-Unit album:
Yesterday Evergreen College--hippy dippy West Coast liberal arts alma matter of Simpsons creator Matt Groening--held a forum to address a riot that broke out last week during a dead prez concert on campus. In this video it looks like the kids are saying it didn't get violent until the SWAT team busted out the pepper spray. To be fair, the kids also boogled a laptop and a radar gun from one of the cruisers they trashed (seriously guys, the radar gun? Nice touch).
On the one hand, I can't help but feel like everyone lost in this situation: dead prez probably won't be booked for another college show any time soon; the Evergreen prez pretty much grounded the students after giving them a stern talking to; and I think we can all agree the pigs suffered a blow to their collective ego. But on the other hand, I mean come on, fuck the police! Tell me you don't just a little get a kick out of these pictures (and check it, at least they recycle!):
Four words to preface this entry: Soulja Boy plus CNN.
God Bless America.
Evidently Wayne's got a new face tattoo to boot.
MTV's got the latest on the state of the Carter, but I'm pretty sure they meant to say Jonathan Mannion. Foolios. Interns're gettin' fired tomorrow!
P.S. So's not to inundate your subscriptions with Lil Wayne posts, just letting you know, there will be a WG field trip to see the man with the plan live this Saturday at Myth nightclub in Minnesota. I will be piloting one of two vehicles. Did I mention it's an all ages show? Oh yes. Ohhhh yes.
Interviews with David Banner always get me underlining, margin-responding, and ultimately doing my own writing. This one--about Banner's experiences testifying before congress--went up Monday on the Village Voice's Status Ain't Hood blog and is no exception.
I'm the type of person that if positive is there, I want to talk about positive too. The one positive thing I did see: Some of the congressmen were actually listening. Some of the congressmen were like, "Damn, I didn't even think about it that way. He has a point." Some of them didn't give a shit either way. But that was what surprised me the most. We have the power.
I think I like him so much because he manages to observe and comment on so many systematic failings without ever complaining or placing blame. He continues to seek and suggest solutions. I'm consistently impressed with his ability to broaden his perspective over time. Too often it seems people in positions of visibility, power, influence grow increasingly more closed-off and narrow-minded rather than more engaged and aware. Too often it seems that awareness and engagement lead to defeatist cynicism.
If this is true it might just kill off, or at least severely cripple, the WG bloggers.
My money's on Wayne's never getting bored with the studio though. If only because I'd have to change my five-year plan if he punked out on me.
